Rene-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle

Rene-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle (28 April 1751-29 November 1800) was a French lawyer who commanded troops during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Rene-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle was born on 28 April 1751 in Nantes, Brittany, in the Kingdom of France. From 1789 to 1791 he was a deputy for Loire-Inferieure in the National Assembly, and served as Mayor of Nantes from 1792 to 1793. Baco was notable for his actions during the Vendean attack on 29 June 1793, where he successfully defended the city of Nantes and killed the royalist general Jacques Cathelineau. He died in 1800 in Guadeloupe.